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TotalEnergies farms out 40% of OPL257 offshore Nigeria to SAPETRO

Monday, November 2 2026

Farm out agreement

TotalEnergies has signed a farm-out agreement to sell a 40% participating interest in offshore block OPL257, Nigeria, to South Atlantic Petroleum (SAPETRO).

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Filed Under: appraisal well, Egina Field, farm out transaction, International News, Nigeria, TotalEnergies Tagged With: appraisal campaign, Egina Field, farm out, nigeria, OPL257, Sapetro, TotalEnergies

Doubles North Sea gas discovery estimate

Thursday, October 29 2026

Fossil Energy

A new appraisal well in the Afrodite discovery near the Kvitebjørn field shows that the recoverable gas volumes may be more than twice as large as previously estimated.

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Filed Under: Afrodite, appraisal well, Equinor, Gas discovery, International News, Kvitebjørn, Norway Tagged With: Afrodite, appraisal well, Equinor, Gas doscovery, Kvitebjørn field, norway

Appraisal well in North Sea increases projection

Friday, September 25 2026

Drilling

Aker BP and its partners Equinor and DNO have drilled an appraisal well on the Verdandi and Lillefix discoveries in the North Sea.

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Filed Under: Aker BP, appraisal well, Drilling, drilling rig, International projects, Oil and Gas Tagged With: Aker BP, appraisal well, drilling, Lillefix, north sea, Oil and Gas, Verdandi

Strong test results for Sonangol’s appraisal well off Angola

Friday, August 7 2026

Fossil Energy

On Thursday, Angola’s state-owned oil company Sonangol announced that the Katambi-2 offshore appraisal well had crossed two productive intervals and confirmed high-quality reservoirs.

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Filed Under: Angola, appraisal well, International projects, Katambi Tagged With: angola, appraisal well, Katambi-2, Sonangol

Appraisal well confirms oil in Orange Basin

Friday, July 3 2026

Fossil Energy

Rhino Resources has finished drilling a well in the Orange Basin after confirming the presence of oil-bearing rock.

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Filed Under: appraisal well, Drilling, International projects, Namibia, Orange Basin Tagged With: appraisal well, Capricornus 1A, drilling, Namibia, Orange Basin, Rhino Resources

Vår Energi’s appraisal well confirms Barents Sea oil find

Friday, November 14 2025

Fossil Energy – Oil Discovery

Vår Energi has confirmed its Zagato oil discovery in the Barents Sea following successful results from appraisal well 7122/8-4 S, which was drilled just north of the Goliat field by the COSL Prospector rig.

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Filed Under: appraisal well, Barents Sea, International News, Oil and Gas, Oil discovery, Vår Energi Tagged With: appraisal well, barents sea, Oil Discovery, Vår Energi

Suriname to outpace Guyana in 2025 exploration activity

Friday, August 8 2025

Fossil Energy – Suriname

According to Wood Mackenzie, Suriname is set to surpass Guyana in exploration and appraisal drilling activity in 2025.

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Filed Under: appraisal well, Exploration, Guyana, International projects, Suriname Tagged With: appraisal well, exploration, exploration well, Guyana, Suriname

Valeura gets production boost offshore Thailand

Wednesday, March 5 2025

Fossil Energy – Drilling

Valeura Energy announced the completion of an infill drilling campaign at the Manora field in Licence G1/48 (70% operated working interest), offshore Gulf of Thailand.

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Filed Under: appraisal well, Drilling, International projects, Manora, Production, Thailand, Valeura Energy Tagged With: appraisal drilling, drilling, Manora Field, production, Thailand, Valeura Energy

Galp spuds new appraisal well offshore Namibia

Saturday, October 26 2024

Fossil Energy – Appraisal Well

Portuguese oil company Galp has started second exploration and appraisal campaign at Orange Basin block, offshore Namibia.

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Filed Under: appraisal well, Galp, International projects, Namibia Tagged With: appraisal well, Galp, Namibia

Wintershall Dea completes successful appraisal Adriana discovery

Friday, March 1 2024

Fossil Energy – Adriana Discovery

Wintershall Dea and its partners, Petoro, Aker BP, and PGNIG, have successfully completed an appraisal well on the Adriana gas and condensate discovery in the Norwegian Sea.

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Filed Under: appraisal well, Discovery, International News, Norway, Oil and Gas, WintershallDea Tagged With: Adriana, appraisal well, discovery, norway, Wintershall DEA

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